Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he discussed sanctions on Russia and the finalisation of a US-Ukraine drone deal with US President Donald Trump.
"The draft agreement on drones has already been prepared by the Ukrainian side, we are ready to discuss it in detail and conclude it," Mr Zelensky said on X.
Their conversation comes as Ukrainian authorities said Russian strikes killed six people across the east of the country, including a mechanic at a railway station, and wounded at least a dozen people.
"Russian terrorists inflicted a massive strike on the railway infrastructure of Lozova," the Ukrainian Railways company said in a Telegram post.
A productive conversation with President Trump, with the key focus of course being ending the war. We are grateful to @POTUS for all efforts toward a just and lasting peace. It is truly a must to stop the killing as soon as possible, and we fully support this. Many months could… pic.twitter.com/2doL7xsGkG
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 5, 2025
Ukraine's railways have been heavily targeted by Russia's army throughout its invasion, launched in February 2022.
Russia has escalated aerial attacks ahead of a Friday deadline by US President Donald Trump to make progress towards peace or face massive sanctions.
The nighttime strikes on Lozova in the eastern Kharkiv region left a passenger train mangled and charred, and damaged the station building with a pile of rubble on the platform.
Two people were killed in Lozova, Kharkiv Governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram.
Among them was "a duty mechanic of one of the units," Ukrainian Railways said, adding that several trains have been rerouted.
President Zelensky said Russia had launched more than 25 Iranian-designed Shahed drones at the city, striking civilian infrastructure.
"The railway was damaged, including a depot and a station," he said on social media, adding that ten people were wounded in the attack.
Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 46 attack drones and one ballistic missile in the barrage, down from the several hundred that Russia has the capacity to launch.
Lozova Mayor Sergiy Zelensky called the strike "the most massive attack" on the city since the beginning of the war.
A separate Russian strike on Ukraine's northeast Sumy region killed two more people at an "agricultural enterprise", wounding three employees, authorities said.
In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, another two people died after "the Russian army hit a house with an FPV drone," governor Ivan Fedorov said.
President Trump's deadline looms after three rounds of peace talks in Istanbul failed to make headway on a possible ceasefire, with the two sides remaining far apart.
Russia's army has escalated attacks and accelerated its advance on the ground to capture more Ukrainian territory.
US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Russia this week, where he is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the Friday sanctions deadline.
Dutch are first to buy US arms for Ukraine in NATO deal
Meanwhile, the Netherlands will buy €500m of US weapons for Ukraine, becoming the first NATO member to fund a full package under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, the defence ministry said.
The purchase will be under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) mechanism launched by President Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte last month.
Under the scheme, countries pay the US for defence systems and munitions in American warehouses that are then shipped to Ukraine, which has been battling a Russian invasion since February 2022.
"The Netherlands is now taking the lead in supplying military equipment from American stockpiles," Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on X.
"By supporting Ukraine with determination, we are increasing the pressure on Russia to negotiate."
President Zelensky thanked Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof in a call yesterday evening.
"These weapons are badly needed," Mr Schoof posted on X, highlighting the near-daily drone and missile attacks by Russia.
The Dutch package includes US Patriot missile parts and other systems tailored to Ukraine's front-line requirements, according to the defence ministry.
Mr Brekelmans called the Russian air strikes "pure terror" and warned that Moscow's advance into Ukrainian territory could pose a broader threat to Europe.
"The more Russia dominates Ukraine, the greater the danger to the Netherlands and our NATO allies," he said.
Mr Rutte welcomed the move, calling it a vital first step under the new framework.
"Great to see the Netherlands taking the lead and funding the first package of US military equipment for Ukraine," he said on X.
"I thank Allies for getting Ukraine the equipment it urgently needs to defend against Russian aggression."
